Touche. ifs is only for overlanders and their empty rotopaks and light bars.

Toyota figured it out so it really isnt an either/or situation.

Must not be middle class.

It never is ‘smooth’ but it wont knock your fillings out. Some of the dirt roads in Death Valley National Park have THE worst washboard ive encountered. 25mph was rough but at 45-50mph it made them seem like a mild vibration. Granted, running only 18psi in the tires helped but it certainly was a case where fast, was…

It is a fantastic read. Good luck. A google search shoes it in the #320 range. Ouch. On the same search, scrolling down does show a Free PDF version for download on Reddit.

The left most lane is for passing.

That’s the only thing i took away from reading the article this morning. On the same lot there are Tacomas built in TX and in Baja. Mine was marked as TX so i get to feel fuzzy and warm inside.

You are right, that is an outdated photo. I can tell you, they scrubbed the arrow off the pavement and made it a though-lane. I didnt realize how old it was (predates me moving here). As far as the curbing and lane size, that is still the same. Good catch though!

This is a better shot of what it looks like as you pull up to it. Not a full lane and you do still cross the fog line as you can see in the previous picture.

I am aware, but one can be hopeful....

My city widens the right turn lane to allow this because they understand how it helps with congestion but doesn’t require the full cost to us, the taxpayers, for a full lane when widening the lane is sufficient. Example below with the Subaru in this mystery lane you deny. I’m sorry your city and its citizens haven’t…

Brian, is that you or is this a copy and paste from one of his writings (it is not an exact match to his writing in Sled Driver but the story is the same)

Find a copy of Sled Driver, it is an amazing read. Every SR-71 nut should read it. They talk in depth about refueling. I cant recall specifics this Monday afternoon but i know the pilot was working his ass off during refueling while the navigator ate lunch and enjoyed the view.

Great points again. I think you are right and that not Right Lanes are created equal! These ones around here are begging for it to be used this way. Sure your sight-line can be interrupted some by the car next to you but there is enough room to creep forward in the clear crosswalk to see plenty down the street. Like i…

Assholes.

That is a fair point with it being marked. I suspect it is cheaper for a city to not add a full lane and just make the right lane wider. (less concrete, less paint, dont need another traffic signal, less signage to mark it as a turn only lane, etc) I see this locally to me on streets that feed the main streets. Ones…

Well if you had the situational awareness of why that wide part of the lane there is for, you would’ve had the forward thinking to not hug the right side and people could make it passed you easier. Sure there was an asshole that yelled at you, big deal. But you’re increasing congestion for your selfish reasons, which…

Around here they flare the curb a bit wider for the 20ft before the intersection to make the right most lane extra wide. It is not an independent turn lane but does allow a few people to slither past and make their right turn in traffic while others can wait for the green for going straight. It eases congestion so i…

Or the opposite, your pulling into an empty left turn late at a signal, and cross traffic is making a left and cutting the corner, making it a game of chicken as you pull up in YOUR lane to the stop line. I wonder what people do with the .01 seconds they saved by cutting the corner.

I am guilty of this. I have a slow ass truck and usually get it in gear and start moving anticipating the green (predictable signal operation) while checking cross traffic for ‘runners. First out of the hole, but slow to accelerate.